Monday, January 25

Springtime! 15°C on the thermometer … great day to activate ONFF-387 Platweyers in Zonhoven (LB).
Fantastic run on 40m SSB (very big local signals) and not a bad run on 20m (best DX W1OW).
Local ON1JU Julien came on visit after he first worked me for his hunter awards.

Thursday, January 21

Around the freezing point, good for a cold nose ! Funny story about this parc ONFF-0137 De Kluis-Blommerschot : it’s a former nudist camp. Havn’t seen any “oldtimer” during my activation though :-)ON5SWA came on visit as his home QTH is not that far away from this place, you may call him a local.Conditions not too bad at all : good run with big signals on 40 meter and some good DX on 20 meter : 4K9W, 4Z4DX, HS0ZIV, K2TQC, VE6UX and W1OW. For a total of 293 QSO’s in 32 DXCC and 4 continents (EU, AF, AS, NA)

Friday, January 8

The first activation of the new year 2016! ONFF-0109 Grotenhout in Vosselaar-Gierle (AN).
Looks like it’s defenitly winter now in Belgium, I set up the antenna
at a temperature of 2.5°C … cold fingers and red nose! Sunny for the
rest of the activation.Started with a good run on 40m phone, 20m was a little less but as best DX VK4RF
in the log though (CW & SSB). 30m was not good but the final run on
40m phone gave me a lot of locals with many 59++ signals.
247 QSO’s with 4 continents (EU, AF, OC, AS) and 27 DXCC countries in the log.